Fabrication of cells containing gel modules to assemble modular tissue-engineered constructs

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2963-2969

  McGuigan, Alison P ^a   Leung, Brendan ^a   Sefton, Michael V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; GEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; GELS; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 35748964177     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.443     Document Type: Article

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